Hemam Shilky Devi (born 23 November 2005) is an Indian women's professional footballer from Manipur.^[1] She plays as a midfielder for Gokulam Kerala in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. In 2022, she was the youngest player of the AFC Women's Asia Cup aged 16 years and two months.

Early life

Hemam Shilky was born in Moirang in a poor family. Her father was a cook and he used to encourage Hemam to play football. Her mother, also a cook, reluctantly accepted later. Hemam was then sent to the SAI Academy, Imphal for training.

Career

Hemam made her Junior India debut at the age of 12 years in 2018 when she captained India to victory at the SAFF under-15 Women's Championship in Bhutan and became the joint top-scorer. The other tournaments she has played in are AFC U-16 Qualifiers in Mongolia^[2] in 2019 before she made here Senior India debut in 2022 against Brazil^[3] where India lost 1–5. In the other matches, they lost to Chile 0-3 on 29 November and to Venezuela 1-2 on 2 December 2021.

In the FIFA U-17 World Cup, she was part of the Indian team that played three matches in October 2022 against USA (lost 0-8),^[4] Morocco (lost 0-3)^[4] and Brazil (lost 0-5).^[5] In 2022, she also played the Asian Women's Cup in 2022 and was part of the India Under-17 team at the Women's World Cup where she was the captain.^[6]

In March 2023, she also represented India U-20 women's team in Group F matches at the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers Round 1 at Viet Tri City, Indonesia.^[7]

International goals

Scores and results list India's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 April 2023	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	4–0	5–0	2024 Olympic Qualifiers